Cork-extractor.



I. F. GREEN.

CORK ExTRAcfoR.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 6,1914.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

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@uuemlioz CORK-EXTRACTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented dept. 112, 1916.

Application filed April 6, 1914. Serial No. 829,951.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo F. GREEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kinmundy, in the county of Marion, State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cork-Extractors; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it 'appertains to make and use the'same. Y

This invention relates to an improvement in cork extractors andparticularly to that class of cork extractors which are in the nature oftongs and are designed to grasp the cork during extraction.

The principal object of the invention is to improve and simplify thegeneral construction of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwith, a spe-- cial form of jaw which'is designed to grasp the cork andprevent any slipping thereof.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ingeneral of certain novel details of construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and specifically claimed.

lln the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicatelike parts in the several views, and Figure l is a perspective View ofthe improved extractor. Fig. 2 is a side view of the extractor showingthe same in use. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through one jaw. Fig. 4is a longitudinal section through the other jaw.

This extractor consists of two similar members each of which is providedwith a handle portion 10 of the desired shape,

whether plain or ornamental, and a jaw,

portion indicated in general at 11; These portions 10 and 11 areconnected, on each member, by a flat pivot portion 12 provided with aseries of openings 13 arranged for the reception of a pivot bolt 14. Thehandle 1,0 and jaw 11 of each member are pref erably parallel but areoff-set, the one from the other, as shown. One of the jaws 11 is ofcymbiform shape and is provided inside with a series of serrations 15which extend laterally across what may be termed the bowl of the jaw,these serrations having vertical sides facing toward the handle andslanting sides facing toward the point of the jaw. The, other jaw 11 issimilarly shaped and is provided with longitudinal serrations 16.

In use the bolt 14 is inserted through an B it may be twisted, thelongitudinal serrations 16 aiding in this, until it is loosened, then bya direct pull it may be withdrawn, the transverse serrations 15 holdingit from slipping.

There has thus been provided a simple and efiicient device of thekinddescribed and of the character specified.

It will be obvious that many minor changes may be made in the form andconstruction of this invention without departingfrom the materialprinciples thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the inventionto the exact form hereinshown and described, but it is wished to includeall such as come properly within the scope claimed. p

I am aware of the fact that theidea of providing the jaws of apair ofcork pulling tweezers with roughened or toothed gripping surfaces isold, but so far as I am aware, there has never heretofore been provideda pair of cork pulling tweezers one tudinal movement of the cork, whenthe device is given a twisting pull to withdraw the cork.- k

Having thusdescribed the inventiomwhat is, claimed as new, is

A cork extractor comprising a {pair of pivotally connected members eachincluding a jaw and a handle portion, said jaws having their opposedfaces respectively provided with transverse and longitudinal ribs, saidtransverse ribs being so arranged as to pass freely into a bottle neckwithout mu} In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presenceof two witnesses.

ISAAC F. GREEN.

Witnesses:

HAM STIPP, WM. L. GREEN.

